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"Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths and distortions that are being told about our troops and about our country. America is not what's wrong with the world." DONALD RUMSFELD, Defense Secretary, blaming the media for "dividing our country" and hindering the fight against "a new type of fascism"

"No more God-is-on-our-side religious nonsense." ROCKY ANDERSON, Democratic mayor of Salt Lake City, addressing an antiwar rally a day before President Bush visited the Utah capital

"Had we known that the kidnapping of the soldiers would have led to this, we would definitely not have done it." SHEIK HASSAN NASRALLAH, leader of Hizballah, on the capture of Israeli soldiers by his militant group, which sparked the current fighting

"It was the little train that couldn't." DAVID RUDDUCK, American Red Cross spokesman, on tropical storm Ernesto, which hit Florida with weaker-than-expected force last week

"I liked the first picture better because there's more of me to love." KATIE COURIC, who debuts as CBS Evening News anchor next week, after an in-house magazine ran a retouched photo that made her appear thinner

"The smaller aperture of the lid has been designed to prevent hedgehogs from entering the McFlurry container in the unfortunate incidence that the lid is littered." MCDONALD'S, in a statement on its decision to redesign its cups after protests by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, which says the animals get stuck while trying to eat leftover ice cream, then starve to death

> Sources: U.S. Department of Defense; AP; BBC; AP; New York Daily News; Reuters

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